Hinge for water-closet seats.



J. G. DUNER.

HINGE FOR WATER CLOSET SEATS.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

APPLICATION TILED APR. 22, 1907.

ATENT GFFICE.

JOHN C. DUNER, OF WHEATON, ILLINOIS.

HINGE FOB WATER-CLOSET SEATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Original application filed. October 8, 1906, Serial N 0. 337,894. Divided and this application filed April 22, 1907. Serial No. 369,437.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CHARLES DUNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wheaton, in the county of'Dupage and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges for Water- Closet Seats, of which the following is a speci- Iication.

My invention relates to the hinges for swingingly securing the seat and the cover thereof to the closet casing, and the invention has for its objects; to provide an improved hinge for detachably securing the parts together so that they may be very easily detached, and at the same time give the same degree of security in fastening that is attained by a non-separable hinge; and to provide an improved form of hinge which permits of the detachment of the brackets carrying the seat and those carrying the seat cover from the supporting standards without detaching such brackets from the seat or the seat cover. One form of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the closet with the hinges applied thereto,

Figure 2 is a partial plan view of the closet, an(.

Figures 3 and 4 are enlarged detail views of the hinge, Figure 3 being a plan view, and Figure 4 a side view.

This application is a division of my pendin application, Serial No. 337 ,89 1, filed October 8, 1906, wherein the same subject matter is disclosed, and only so much of the closet structure is shown in this application, as is necessary to illustrate the application of the improvement thereto, which improvement resides in the means for hinging the seat and the seat cover to the casing of the closet.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 is the casing of the closet, which may be of any approved type, 2 is the seat, 3 is the seat cover, 1 are the standards for carrying the hinge brackets, 5 are the hinge brackets for supporting the seat 2, 6 are the hinge brackets for supporting the seat cover 3, 7 is a backwardly projecting ledge for carrying the standards 4, and 8 is a supporting bracket therefor. Each of the seat brackets 5 and 6, is of the form shown in Figure 2, and each is secured detachably to the seat or the seat cover as the case may be by means of the studs 9. The brackets 6 for supporting the seat cover, are placed on the inner sides of the standards 4, and the brackets 5 for supporting the seat are placed on the outer sides of such standards, but this arrangement might be reversed if desired. The standards 4 are of the shape shown in Figures 3 and 4, and are provided in their bases with the threaded recesses 10 whereby they may be clamped to the ledge 7 by the studs 11. The upper ends of the standards are provided with transverse recesses in which are removably placed the pivots pins 12. These pins 12 are of such a length that the ends thereof project beyond the standards l, as shown in Figure 3, and these projecting ends are adapted to 1% into recesses formed in the ends of the brackets 5 and 6. By the foregoing arrangement a very secure hinge is secured, and one in which both the seat 2 and seat cover 3 may be removed from the casing without detaching entirely either pair of brackets 5 or 6. In detaching the seat and seat cover, all that is necessary is the removal of two of the studs 9 from one of the hinge brackets, whereupon this bracket can be swung laterally sufliciently to pro vide for the removal of the pin 12, Whereupon the cover may be moved laterally to disengage the other bracket 6 from its pin 12, thus freeing both the seat and seat cover. The labor of removing the parts is thus reduced to a minimum, and there is no danger of losing any of the brackets, as is the case when such parts are entirely detached from the part carrying them. Other advantages of my device will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is the following 1. In combination in a water closet, a support, a pair of standards mounted thereon and each provided with a transverse opening, removable pins mounted for free longitudinal movement in said openings and having their ends projecting beyond the standards, a seat member and a seat cover member each provided with a pair of brackets having recessed ends slidingly engaging the ends of the said pins and adapted to prevent longitudinal movement thereof when in assembled position, the brackets on one of said members lying on the inner sides of the standards and the brackets on the other of said members lying on the outer sides of the standards.

2. In combination in a water closet, a sup port, a pair of standards mounted thereon and each provided with a transverse opening, removable pins mounted for free longitudinal movement in said openings and having their ends rojecting beyond the standards, a seat meml ier and a seat cover member each provided with a pair of brackets having recessed ends slidingly engaging the ends of the said pins and adapted to prevent longitudinal movement thereof when in assembled position, the brackets on one of said members lying on the inner sides of the standards, and the brackets on the other of said members lying on the outer sides of the standards and one of said brackets being adapted to be loosened to swing its recessed end out of engagement with the pins.

3. In combination in a water closet, a support, a pair of standards mounted thereon and each provided with a transverse opening, removable pins mounted for free longitudinal movement in said openings and having their ends projecting beyond the standards, a seat member and a seat cover member each provided with a pair of brackets having recessed ends slidingly engaging the ends of the said pins and adapted to prevent lon itudinal movement thereof when in assemb ed position, the brackets on one of said members lying on the inner sides of the standards, and

the brackets on the other of said members lying on the outer sides of the standards, and one of the brackets being ada ted to be loosened to swing its recessed en out of engagement with the pin without entirely detaching such bracket.

4. In combination, a support, a pair of standards mounted thereon and each provided with a transverse opening, removable pins mounted for free longitudinal movement in said openings and having their ends projecting beyond the standards, a pair of mdependent members each provided with a pair of brackets having recessed ends slidingly engaging the ends of said pins and adapted to prevent longitudinal movement thereof when in assembled position, the brackets on one of said members lying on the inner sides of the standards, and the brackets on the other of said members lying on the outer sides of the standards, and one of the brackets being adapted to be loosened to swing its recessed end out of engagement with the pin without entirely detaching such bracket.

5. The combination with the standards 4 provided with transverse openings, of the pins 12 slidably mounted in the openings and projecting from both sides of the standards, the seat 2, the cover 3, the seat and cover brackets 5 and 6 recessed to slidably engage the opposite ends of the pins and adapted to prevent longitudinal movement thereof. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of the two subscribed witnesses.

JOHN C. DUNER.

Witnesses:

PAUL CARPENTER, JAMEs NICHOLAS LORENZ. 

